13th International Meeting on the Diabetic Foot
Great Malvern, UK, 12-14 May 2010

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Day 1

Wednesday 12 May

From 12.00 noon
From 12.00 noon
13.15 - 13.54

Registration
Exhibition - Forum Theatre
Tea/Coffee - Forym Theatre

All sessions will be held in the Main Theatre

13.45

Opening Comments and Welcome
A. Boulton (UK)

Session 1:

Neuropathy and Vascular Disease
Chair: A. Boulton (UK)

13.50

Aetiopathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy and neuropathic pain.
R. Malik (UK)

14.20

Pathogenetic and symptomatic treatment of painful neuropathy in 2010.
S. Tesfaye (UK)

14.50

Peripheral Vascular Disease – pathogenesis and possibilities for prevention.
R. Donnelly (UK)

15.20

Peripheral Vascular Disease: clinical diagnosis and assessment.
G. Andros (USA)

15.50

Surgical or radiological approach to diabetic PVD?
C. Shearman (UK)

16.20 - 16.50

Coffe/Tea and Exhibition - Forum Theatre

Session 2:

Debate: Depression vs distress in the diabetic foot: not just an issue of semantics.
Chair: L. Vileikyte (UK)

16.50

Depression is a major contributory factor in diabetic foot disease.
K. Ismail (UK)

17.15

No, it’s not all depression.
J. Gonzalez (USA)

17.40

Special Lecture.
Discovering Malvern.
J. Harcup MD, OBE (Malvern, UK)

18.10

Conference Close.

18.30

Italian Wine Reception, Abbey Hotel.

 

Day 2

Thursday 13 May

Session 3:

The Diabetic Foot – A Global Problem
Chair: R. Gadsby (UK)

08.55

The Diabetic Foot in Europe
A. Boulton (UK)

09.15

Far East: Diabetic Foot problems in China and neighbouring countries
Z. Xu (China)

09.45

Central and South America: facing diabetic foot problems with limited
Resources – successes and failures.
P Aschner (COL)

10.15

Any successes in foot ulcer and amputation prevention in the USA?
D. Armstrong (USA)

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee/Tea and Exhibition - Forum Theatre

Session 4:

Infection and the Diabetic Foot
Chair: W. Jeffcoate (UK)

11.15

The infected diabetic foot: an update for 2010.
B. Lipsky (USA)

11.50

Bone infection – medical or surgical management?
A. Berendt (UK)

12.25 - 13.35

Lunch - Forum Theatre

Session 5:
13.45

Oral Communications 1
Chair: G. Rayman (UK)

15.00 - 15.30

Coffee/Tea and Exhibition - Forum Theatre

 

Session 6:
15.45

Oral Communications 2
Chair:  A. Boulton (UK)

Parallel Workshops
Workshop sessions will run in parallel:
From 16.50 - 17.50 and 17.55-18.45

Each delegate can attend 2 sessions

Workshop 1

Challenges in the management of painful diabetic neuropathy - R Malik (UK) & G Rayman (UK)

Workshop 2

The ABC of negative pressure therapy - D Armstrong (USA) & L Lavery (UK)

Workshop 3

The Foot OSCEs - 5 challenging workstations - N Baker (UK) & A Scott (UK)

Workshop 4

Offloading with Silicone Implants - F Bowling (UK) & K Franklyn (UK)

Workshop 5

Foot Self-Care Education:  Whom, when and how - A McInnes (UK) & L Vileikyte (UK) &J Gonzalez (USA)

19.30 for 20.00

Conference dinner in the Elgar Suite, Abbey Hotel

 

Day 3

Friday 14 May

Session 7:

Organisation and Delivery of Care
Chair:  G. Leese (UK)

09.00

DEBATE: We really do not need expensive dressings and topical treatments.

FOR: W. Jeffcoate

AGAINST: D. Armstrong

09.50

Screening in the community- Who and How?
C. Gooday (UK)

10.10

Do and can payment incentives to primary care (QoF) work for the diabetic foot patient?
R. Gadsby (UK)

10.30

The structure of an ‘ideal’ integrated care foot service across all disciplines- lessons from Scotland?
G. Leese (UK)

10.50 - 11.20

Coffee/Tea and Exhibition - Forum Theatre

Session 8:

Management Challenges and the Future
Chair: A. Boulton (UK)

11.20

Establishing a multi-disciplinary foot team - the surgeon’s perspective
S. Vig (UK)

11.40

From the front door to the back door - The foot care pathway in hospital
G. Rayman (UK)

12.00

Role of negative pressure wound therapy in wound healing
L. Lavery (USA)

12.30

The diabetic foot – predictions for new therapies including stem cells.
M. Hardman (UK)

13.00

Closing remarks
G. Rayman (UK)

13.15

Lunch Abbey Hotel